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Passage Lookup: Job 15-16
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Job 15:1
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Eliphaz
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Job 15:2
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"Would a wise person answer with empty notions or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(b)
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Job 15:3
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Would they argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?(c)
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Job 15:4
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But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.(d)
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Job 15:5
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Your sin(e) prompts your mouth;(f) you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(g)
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Job 15:6
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Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.(h)
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Job 15:7
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"Are you the first man ever born?(i) Were you brought forth before the hills?(j)
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Job 15:8
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Do you listen in on God's council?(k) Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(l)
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Job 15:9
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What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?(m)
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Job 15:10
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The gray-haired and the aged(n) are on our side, men even older than your father.(o)
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Job 15:11
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Are God's consolations(p) not enough for you, words(q) spoken gently to you?(r)
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Job 15:12
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Why has your heart(s) carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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Job 15:13
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so that you vent your rage(t) against God and pour out such words(u) from your mouth?(v)
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Job 15:14
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"What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman,(w) that they could be righteous?(x)
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Job 15:15
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If God places no trust in his holy ones,(y) if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(z)
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Job 15:16
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how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(aa) who drink up evil(ab) like water!(ac)
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Job 15:17
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"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,(ad)
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Job 15:18
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what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors(ae)
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Job 15:19
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(to whom alone the land(af) was given when no foreigners moved among them):
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Job 15:20
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All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(ag) the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(ah)
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Job 15:21
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Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(ai) when all seems well, marauders attack him.(aj)
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Job 15:22
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He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(ak) he is marked for the sword.(al)
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Job 15:23
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He wanders about(am) for food like a vulture;(an) he knows the day of darkness(ao) is at hand.(ap)
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Job 15:24
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Distress and anguish(aq) fill him with terror;(ar) troubles overwhelm him, like a king(as) poised to attack,
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Job 15:25
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because he shakes his fist(at) at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(au)
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Job 15:26
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defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.(av)
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Job 15:27
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"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,(aw)
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Job 15:28
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he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives,(ax) houses crumbling to rubble.(ay)
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Job 15:29
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He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(az) nor will his possessions spread over the land.(ba)
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Job 15:30
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He will not escape the darkness;(bb) a flame(bc) will wither his shoots,(bd) and the breath of God's mouth(be) will carry him away.(bf)
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Job 15:31
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Let him not deceive(bg) himself by trusting what is worthless,(bh) for he will get nothing in return.(bi)
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Job 15:32
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Before his time(bj) he will wither,(bk) and his branches will not flourish.(bl)
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Job 15:33
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He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(bm) like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(bn)
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Job 15:34
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For the company of the godless(bo) will be barren, and fire will consume(bp) the tents of those who love bribes.(bq)
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Job 15:35
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They conceive trouble(br) and give birth to evil;(bs) their womb fashions deceit."
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Job 16:1
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"I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters,(a) all of you!(b)
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Job 16:3
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Will your long-winded speeches never end?(c) What ails you that you keep on arguing?(d)
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Job 16:4
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I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head(e) at you.
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Job 16:5
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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort(f) from my lips would bring you relief.(g)
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Job 16:6
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"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.(h)
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Job 16:7
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Surely, God, you have worn me out;(i) you have devastated my entire household.(j)
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Job 16:8
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You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness; my gauntness(k) rises up and testifies against me.(l)
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Job 16:9
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God assails me and tears(m) me in his anger(n) and gnashes his teeth at me;(o) my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(p)
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Job 16:10
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People open their mouths(q) to jeer at me;(r) they strike my cheek(s) in scorn and unite together against me.(t)
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Job 16:11
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God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(u)
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Job 16:12
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All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(v) He has made me his target;(w)
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Job 16:13
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his archers surround me.(x) Without pity, he pierces(y) my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
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Job 16:14
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Again and again(z) he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.(aa)
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Job 16:15
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"I have sewed sackcloth(ab) over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.(ac)
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Job 16:16
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My face is red with weeping,(ad) dark shadows ring my eyes;(ae)
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Job 16:17
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yet my hands have been free of violence(af) and my prayer is pure.(ag)
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Job 16:18
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"Earth, do not cover my blood;(ah) may my cry(ai) never be laid to rest!(aj)
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Job 16:19
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Even now my witness(ak) is in heaven;(al) my advocate is on high.(am)
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Job 16:20
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My intercessor(an) is my friend[a](ao) as my eyes pour out(ap) tears(aq) to God;
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Job 16:21
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on behalf of a man he pleads(ar) with God as one pleads for a friend.
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Job 16:22
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"Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.(as)
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